WWE Apologizes for Using Footage of Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Promotional Video
- The World Wrestling Entertainment company used an image of Auschwitz concentration camp in a promotional video for WrestleMania 39.
- The Auschwitz Memorial criticized WWE for exploiting the site of immense suffering and called the use of the image shameless and insulting.
- WWE removed the footage, apologized, and claimed they were unaware of using the image of Auschwitz in their promotion.
- Viewers recognized the Holocaust concentration camp and condemned WWE on social media for the insensitive use of such imagery.
- WWE's WrestleMania events are among the largest professional wrestling shows, with the latest edition attracting over 161,000 attendees.